OBIT­U­ARY POL­ICY

The Stan­dard-Speaker pub­lishes obit­u­ar­ies with ver­i­fi­ca­tion from a fu­neral home, cre­ma­tion so­ci­ety or other li­censed in­sti­tu­tion. Pri­vate in­di­vid­u­als who wish to sub­mit an obit­u­ary must pro­vide the name, phone num­ber and ad­dress of the fu­neral home or cre­ma­tory han­dling ar­range­ments, as well as ar­range pay­ment for the obit­u­ary. The obit­u­ary depart­ment may be con­tacted by call­ing 570-455-3636, ext. 3616, fax­ing to 570-4554408 or email­ing obits@stan­dard­speaker.com.

The dead­line for obit­u­ar­ies is 7:30 p.m. for pub­li­ca­tion in the next day’s edi­tion. Hol­i­day hours may change. The obit­u­ary depart­ment, as part of the news­room, re­serves the right to edit any obit­u­ary to meet style and pol­icy stan­dards.